Michelle Alexander
Michelle Alexander was born on October 7th, 1967 and is currently 57 years old. Michelle Alexander was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Alexander attended Vanderbilt University where she received a B.A. degree and Stanford University where she received a J.D. degree.
Michelle Alexander is best known as a legal scholar, advocate, and civil rights lawyer in addition to being the author of the critically acclaimed work
The New Jim Crow. Her work was a bestseller that transformed the national debate on criminal and racial justice in the United States.
After graduating from college, she worked as a clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun and U.S. Court of Appeals D.C. Circuit Chief Judge Abner Mikva. It was in 2005 that she won a
Soros Justice Fellowship, which she used to write the work
The New Jim Crow.
Before joining academia, Michelle Alexander worked in both the nonprofit and private sectors in civil rights litigation and even worked for the Northern California office of the
ACLU Racial Justice Project. During her time there, she worked in coalition building, grassroots organization, and media advocacy against racial profiling.
During her time in academia, she has worked at several universities, and at some point, she was a director of the
Civil Rights Clinic and associate professor of Law at the
Stanford Law School. She is currently a columnist with
The New York Times and a
Union Theological Seminary visiting professor.
Alexander has been featured in a variety of national television and radio outlets such as
C-Span,
MSNBC,
Democracy Now!,
NPR,
Tavis Smiley,
CNN,
Real Time with Bill Maher,
The Colbert Show, and
Bill Moyers Journal.
Michelle Alexander published her work
The New Jim Crow in 2010. In this book, the author asserts that racial caste has not ended in the United States but has merely been redesigned. According to Alexander, legal racial segregation and Jim Crow have now been replaced by mass incarceration to control African Americans.
Michelle Alexander reviews racial history in the United States right from the colonial period to the Clinton administration and to the present iteration that is best known as the war on drugs. She showcases the consequences of mass incarceration on former prisoners who will live with the pain of being denied public benefits, employment, education, and housing for the rest of their lives.
Michelle Alexander: Lists & Other Mentions
- The 1619 Project was a New York Times: #1 Nonfiction Best Seller in 2021 and 2022.
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Michelle Alexander: F.A.Q
When was Michelle Alexander Born? How old is Michelle Alexander?
Michelle Alexander was born on October 7th, 1967. Michelle Alexander is currently 57 years old.
Where was Michelle Alexander Born?
Michelle Alexander was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA and is American.
What was the first book Michelle Alexander wrote?
The first book written by Michelle Alexander was The New Jim Crow, published in 2010.
What was the most recent book Michelle Alexander wrote?
Her most recently released work was The New Jim Crow: Young Readers’ Edition on June 30th, 2020.
Will there be any more books by Michelle Alexander?
Michelle Alexander does not have any upcoming books with a set publication date within the next few months at this time.
How many books has Michelle Alexander written?
Michelle Alexander has written 5 books excluding contributions to anthologies. 2 books in the Non-Fiction Books, 1 Short Story/Novella, 2 books in the Weng's Chop Series.